They
had forted themselves and wher we over took them& ???? the† to be

Numbered
engagements in which Cornwallis was captured

Of
which put a glorious to a glorious man.

Declaimant
after this battle and surrender was discharged. His

Discahrge
was signed by Nathaniel Lamb&† dated
6th day of November

In
the year 1781. About 8 or 9 years ago

Declaimant
handed this Discharge to D???† Wm.

P.
Lawrence, now of Nashville, who was to apply for

His† Pension. It has been misplaced by said
Lawrence

So
that Declaimant can not get it.Pleasant?

Henderson
who is now the Clerk of the Circuit

Court
for said County of Warren & many others in this County

Have
seen said Discharge. &

†??? prove anything in relation to it if
required

Declaimant
therfore has no Documentary† sinders?

Nor
does he know if any person in the State

Where
testemony, he can consequently† ???

To
attribute to his Services. Cal Benjamin Lipton

Who
resides on French Broad† in East
Tennessee

Can
attribute DeClaimant Services, as above

States.
But his testimony can not be

Proven
without trouble† >>>> in
living

As
he does in considerable sentence? Aff,

Neither
of which he is attributed.

????????†† relighlishes every claim whatever

to
a Pension or† ????????????????????

still
his name is not on† the Pension ????

of
the Agency. Of any State

Sworn
to & Subscribed, this day and year aforementioned

William
Edmondson CLK.††††††† John†† X† (
his mark) Morgan

††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ††††††††††††††4.

The
following Interigation were from

???
to the Declaimant John Morgan by

the
Court of aforementioned & the following ???

made
??? by him to wit

1.Where
& what were you born?

†Anw.I was born in Culpepper County Virginia on 24th June 1754

2.Have
you any Record of your age & if so, where is it ?

†Anw.I have a Record in a little Book in my Fatherís hand writing

†I have it in my House on the barren Fork.

3.Where
were you living when Enlisted into Services ?Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? When and where do you
live now ?

†Anw. I was living in Surry County North
Carolina

When
I first enlisted & when I enlisted the 2nd time, I lived in
Shenandoah County Virginia. Shortly after after we took Wallace ( Cornwallis?),
I settled in Montgomery County, Virginia wher I lived for 30 years. From there,
I moved to the Barren Fork of the Collins River in Warren County, Tennessee,
wher I have lived ever since.

4.How
were you called into Service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a
substitute ? & if a Substitute, for whom ?

†Anw. I enlisted as a Volunteer in the above
mentioned in this . Declaimant.

5.State
the names of some of the Regular Officers

6.Who
were with the ???? where you served- such. Continental & Militia Regiments
as you can recalled & the general circumstances of your Service.

†Anw. I recalled† Genl. Wayne, Gene Steubin, Col.Phebecker, Col Guscon, General
Morgan ( Daniel), Capt. Field, Capt. Lanely. I saw general Washington at Little
Ojark?? & General Lafayette and others. Too ??? to name all of them. As to
the Regiments,† I recalled Col. Tipton
Regiment ( Mu????)

The
general circumstances of my services and details particularly in my Declaration
with the si????? That I† was in the
services off and on 3 years.

7.Did
you ever receive a Discharge from the Services ? & if so, by whom was it
given & what has become of it?

†Anw.I ??? a Discharge in the ????? of my first term of Enlistment, signed by
Col. Armstrong at Little Ojunk† and one
signed by one Nathaniel Lamb. Both have been

Destroyed† or lost.in particularly mentioned above in
my Declaration.

8.State
the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood who
can testify as to your Character for veracity and their belief if your Service
as a Soldier of the Revolution

†Anw. George Spangle, Daniel Spangle, William
Young Esq., Daniel Young Esq., Samuel Lestes? And others.

†

We,
Archelaus Prater, a Clergyman & ___________ Asphery??† Liveth residents of Warren County in the
State of Tennessee, herby certify that we are well aquainted with John† Morgan who has su????? & sworn to this
above Declaration. That we believe him to be eighty years to the 24th
day of June next as he say in his Declaration. That he is reputable &
believable in the Neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the
Revolution and that we concern in this opinion.